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Loving Relationships, Harvest Moon, Brahmacharya – IY eMagazine 157
Me and the Clouds: Meeting My Teacher
In the summer of 1969, I lay in a field in Franconia, New Hampshire as I looked up at the soft clouds in the sky, with a deep awareness that I felt a separation between myself and the clouds. The feeling was very real and must have reflected my deep yearning for...
Healthy Ambitions, Svadhyaya & the Imperfect Life – IY eMagazine 156
Back to the Garden: A Yoga Student Remembers 50 Years of Milestones
"...and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden." —Joni Mitchell Talking About My Generation… 50 years. You get up every morning. What happens? A week goes by. A month goes by. A year goes by. You get up every morning for 18,274 days and 50 years have gone by....
If Yoga was Meant to Enhance an Already Perfect Life, No One Could Benefit from It
Before I had any experience with Yoga—the practice, the principles, the lifestyle—I assumed it was for people who already had their act together. Those who could live life successfully and were looking to enhance what they already had. I pictured holy men in caves or...
How to Cultivate Healthy Ambitions
Proper motivation—having the proper aim behind our ambitions—is very important. All our actions have a motive behind them, and that motive should be a selfless one. Without a motive, there is no action. When you want to do something, ask yourself why you want to do...
August 2019: Finland Integral Yoga Teacher Training Graduates Eight New Teachers
Congratulations to the eight new Integral Yoga teachers who graduated earlier this month in Nummela, Finland. The Raja Yoga portion of the course was taught by Nalanie Chellaram and staffed by Les Anand Roberts. The rest of the teacher training syllabus was covered by...
COLORING BOOK: The Complete Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book
This brand new practical and engaging coloring book helps Yoga teachers and students develop their knowledge of the human body. Enhancing your Yoga anatomy knowledge beyond basic training can improve your understanding of the biomechanics of the human body as well as...
A Woodstock Photographer Remembers
Woodstock 50 may be over, but Elliott Landy—the only official Festival photographer permitted on the stage—has a treasure trove of memories from 1969 that he recently shared with the TODAY show. In this delightful stroll down memory lane, Landy shares some stories...
The Golden Present: Audio
A new feature has just been added to thegoldenpresent.org. On the first day of each month, you can now hear Sri Swami Satchidananda read that day's words of inspiration. Thegoldenpresent.org features the daily readings from Sri Swamiji's classic book of the same name:...